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49ers, Santa Clara city leaders object to the move, say county has no right

Santa Clara County officials have “yanked $30 million in tax funds promised" for the 49ers' new Santa Clara stadium, and said that they “would rather spend the money on teachers than install ‘little televisions in the back of stadium seats,’" according to Mike Rosenberg of the SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS. The 49ers and Santa Clara city leaders “strongly and passionately object to the move, saying voters had specifically earmarked redevelopment funds to the stadium and that the county has no right to keep it.” Lengthy court battles “are likely, launching a rare soap opera in a stadium debate that has been mostly peaceful -- and supposedly long over.” When asked whether the decision could affect stadi ...